* Halifax and Dartmouth ( Canada ) were forcibly merged in 1996 along with Bedford and Halifax County to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.

* Bedford County, Pennsylvania ( north )

Nathan Bedford Forrest was born to a poor family in Bedford County, Tennessee.

* Bedford ( town ), New York, in Westchester County

** Bedford ( CDP ), New York, known as Bedford Village, in Westchester County

Bedford is an independent city located within the confines of Bedford County in the U. S. state of Virginia.

It serves as the county seat of Bedford County.

Bedford City and County maintain relationships with 11 communities on the Normandy Coast of France.

The supervisors of Bedford County also voted to accept the town of Bedford as part of the county when it loses city status.

* Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet, of Luton Hoo Park, in the Parish of Luton and County of Bedford ( 1905 ), extinct 1973

Bedford County is a county located in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania.

Robert MacRay opened the first trading post in Raystown ( which is now Bedford ) on the land that is now Bedford County in 1750.

In 1759, after the capture of Fort Duquesne in Allegheny County, a road was built between the fort ( which was renamed to Fort Pitt ) to the newly built Fort Bedford in Raystown.

When the Pennsylvania Turnpike was built, this interstate toll road became the main highway through Bedford County.

Bedford County was created on March 9, 1771 from part of Cumberland County and named in honor of the Fort Bedford.

Bedford County Airport is a public use airport in Bedford County.

The city was continually harassed with cavalry raids conducted by Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, while Johnson undertook as best he could the defense of the city.

By its terms the boundary between Alfred ’ s and Guthrum ’ s kingdoms was to run up the River Thames, to the River Lea ; follow the Lea to its source ( near Luton ); from there extend in a straight line to Bedford ; and from Bedford follow the River Ouse to Watling Street.

In 1929, George Lawson Johnston was recognised by the British Government and monarchy and was ennobled as Lord Luke of Pavenham in the county of Bedford.

It has been suggested that it was Bedford, but what is known of the early history of Bedford's names, does not support this.

The Canadian dominatrix Terri-Jean Bedford, who was one of three women who initiated an application in the Ontario Superior Court seeking invalidation of Canada's laws regarding brothels, sought to differentiate for clarity her occupation as a dominatrix rather than a prostitute to the media, due to frequent misunderstanding and conflation by the public of the two terms.

Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, in February or March 1544 at the earliest, when his namesake godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford was age 17.

The first son was reportedly named after his godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford.

Howland Island was at last named after a lookout who sighted it from the whaleship Isabella of New Bedford on September 9, 1842.

By the influence of William Russell, earl of Bedford, he was appointed one of the king's itinerant preachers in Lancashire, and after living for a time in Garstang, he was selected by the Lady Margaret Hoghton as vicar of Preston.

The first PLC, designated the 084 because it was Bedford Associates ' eighty-fourth project, was the result.

Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC ( July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947 ) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist.

Stanley suffered an injury that made him want to spend more time away from the city, and Benedict was not happy when the couple moved to Bedford Hills far away from the city.

It was nominated for three Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Play, Best Costume Design of a Play and Best Leading Actor in a Play for Bedford ( winning for costumes ).

According to Barrington, whist was first played on scientific principles by a party of gentlemen who frequented the Crown Coffee House in Bedford Row, London, about 1728.

* The airport in Bedford, Indiana where Grissom flew as a teenager was renamed Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport.

However, this tomb was inscribed with the names of two of Edward IV's children: George, 1st Duke of Bedford who had died at the age of 2, and Mary of York who had died at the age of 14 ; both had predeceased the King.

The Whigs were opposed by the government of Lord North, which they accused of being a " Tory " administration, although it largely consisted of individuals previously associated with the Whigs — many old Pelhamites, as well as the Whig faction formerly led by the Duke of Bedford, and elements of that which had been led by George Grenville, although it also contained elements of the " Kings ' Men ", the group formerly associated with Lord Bute and which was generally seen as Tory-leaning.

Elizabeth's mother was Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of Henry VI's uncle, John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, but her father, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, was a new-minted baron.

One of Henry V's surviving brothers, John, Duke of Bedford, was appointed senior regent of the realm and was in charge of the ongoing war in France.

Campbell County was established in 1782 from Bedford County.

" The Tennessee General Assembly established Coffee County from parts of Bedford, Warren, and Franklin Counties in 1836.

In 1825, having achieved the rank of Admiral, Smyth effectively retired from the Navy ( Admirals never retired in those days, remaining on the Active List until death ) and established a private observatory in Bedford, England, equipped with a 5. 9-inch refractor telescope.

Temperance was established as Bedford Center in 1859.

On December 8, 1884 a post office was established at Bedford Center and was named Temperance with Lewis Ansted as the first Postmaster.

( Bedford Township existed as a government until 1951, when the city of Bedford Heights, the village of Oakwood, and the village of Walton Hills were established.

1870-First Baptist Church is established on the Bedford Commons before moving to its present location in 1968 at the corner of Turney Road and West Glendale Avenue.

Bedford Hospital established.

1951-The villages of Bedford Heights and Oakwood are established, splitting off from Bedford Township.

The race continues to this day as the Bedford Kayak Marathon, and is the longest established canoe race in the UK.

The business was established in 1962 when Safeway Inc. opened its first store in the United Kingdom in Bedford: it was then known as Safeway Food Stores.

Bedford Vehicles, a subsidiary constructing commercial vehicles, was established in 1930 as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 had made importing American trucks uneconomical.

With Chestnut Hill occupied by his brother, the young couple set out to establish their new home on Virginia's western frontier on a more distant parcel of land granted to his father by King George II, in newly established Bedford County.

In the 1930s, the hotel's resident physician, Dr. William E. Fitch, established the " Bedford Cure ," a health regimen that required a three-week stay at the resort, which still operated successfully throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

Bedford established a stud at Woburn Abbey and had considerable success as a breeder and owner of racehorses.

Ironworks and brickworks ( notably at Tondu ) were also established in the same period, by John Bedford, although the ironworks faltered after his death and ceased operating entirely in 1836.

Since then, GSAs have been established at Nutana, Walter Murray, Evan Hardy, Marion Graham, Bedford Road and Aden Bowman Collegiates.

In December 1929, the state of Tennessee established Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial Park atop Pilot Knob, which had been donated by the Paffords.

Hanscom Air Force Base ( AFB ) is a United States Air Force base located approximately south-southwest of Bedford, Massachusetts and was established in 1942.

* Forbes Road established 1759, from Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania to Fort Bedford, Pennsylvania

Crawford had been a justice of the peace in Pennsylvania since 1771, first for Bedford County, then for Westmoreland County when it was established in 1773.

Pennsylvania appointed officials for its newly established Bedford County in 1771, which " did not come within " twenty miles ( 32 km ) " of Pittsburgh " according to Croghan, who " looked on these officers as agents of oppression.